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Biol Bull 156: 315-327. (June 1979)
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THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT ZOOXANTHELLAE ON THE GROWTH OF EXPERIMENTALLY REINFECTED HOSTS

ROBERT A. KINZIE III 1 and GEORGENE S. CHEE 2

1 Zoology Department, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
2 Haumamacrna Biomedical Program, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822

1. A method is given enabling the differential effects of different strains of zooxanthellae on host growth to be assessed. This technique uses the increase in the number of tentacles as the measure of growth.

2. Aposymbiotic polyps of the anemone Aiptasia pulchella reinfected with strains of Symbiodinium microadriaticum isolated from the anemone Aiptasia pulchella and the scyphozoan Cassiopea xamachana grow as well as normal Aiptasia polyps.

3. Aposymbiotic Aiptasia polyps reinfected with zooxanthellae from the gastropod Melibe pilosa and the clam Tridacna maxima grew no better than polyps lacking zooxanthellae.

4. These results lead to the conclusion that strains of zooxanthellae differ in their ability to enhance growth of Aiptasia polyps under the experimental conditions and that these differences may have important ecological consequences.




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